MCLE LEGAL WRITING
MAY 2003
HOW A LIBRARY CAN HELP YOU
LIBRARY REFERENCE HELP
DEVELOPING A RESEARCH STRATEGY
LOCATING MOST APPROPRIATE SOURCE
AFTER HOURS ACCESS (NEED BAR CARD AND ID)
INTERLIBRARY LOANS
OBTAINING RESOURCES NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY
PUBLIC COMPUTER ACCESS
INTERNET
CDROMS ON HARD DRIVE
WORD PROCESSING
EMAIL ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS TO SELF
TEACHING
BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS
SHEPARDIZING
COMPUTERS & ONLINE SEARCH SKILLS
OTHER LOCAL LIBRARY RESOURCES:
HUMPHREYS
PUBLIC LIBRARY (CESAR CHAVEZ, TRACY, & LODI)
WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC COMPUTERS
ASPEN/LOISLAW
FAMILY LAW
EVIDENCE LIBRARY
MATTHEW BENDER
PLEADING & PRACTICE
LEGAL FORMS TRANSACTION GUIDE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
WEST
MILLER & STARR REAL PROPERTY
ALL RUTTER GROUP PRACTICE GUIDES
ALL WITKEN
LEGAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE
ORAL ARGUMENTS
STATE AND FEDERAL CODES, RULES, FORMS, ETC.
CITY & COUNTY ORDINANCES
LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDE (LOCATING THE LAW) http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/scall/
MISCELLANEOUS INTERNET RESOURCES
LEGAL CITATIONS
TO ORDER
THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION
ONLINE GUIDE ON HOW TO CITE
JUDICIAL COUNCIL FORMS (Interactive online)
ACCESSLAW http://www.accesslaw.com
PLEADING PAPER http://uslegalforms.com/paper/capleading.doc
Definitions/legal dictionary
http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm
http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm
SEARCH ENGINES
GENERAL
GOOGLE http://www.google.com
ALLTHEWEB http://www.alltheweb.com
LEGAL
FINDLAW http://www.findlaw.com
SUGGESTIONS
ORGANIZE YOUR WRITING INTO LOGICAL, RELATED SEGMENTS.
READ THE CASES THAT YOU CITE. DO NOT RELY ON POINTS & AUTHORITIES.
SHEPARDIZE EVERY CASE THAT YOU CITE.
PROOFREAD.
CLASSES ON LEGAL WRITING
WEST MCLE CLASS ONLINE
LawProse, Inc. (Bryan A. Garner) http://www.lawprose.org
BOOKS ON LEGAL WRITING
Book recommendations http://schiess.freeservers.com/books.html